Ottawa, Dec. 10 -- The Canadian government has charged German automaker Volkswagen with 60 counts of violating federal emissions regulations, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said in a statement. The charge include 58 counts of contravening the act between January 2008 and December 2015, by allegedly unlawfully importing into Canada nearly 128,000 vehicles that did not conform to prescribed vehicle emission standards in the country, The Star reported on Monday. The company faces another two charges for providing misleading information. In 2015, the Canadian ministry had launched an investigation into the importation into Canada of certain models of vehicles allegedly equipped with a prohibited "defeat device," which in this ca...